Cambridge and Foote toasting latest success
Cambridge Stud’s winter success in Queensland has continued with the durable War Eternal adding to his black-type record.
The homebred son of Pierro claimed Saturday’s Listed Spear Chief Handicap (1500m) at Eagle Farm for expatriate New Zealand trainer Bjorn Baker off the back of a previous Doomben win in the Listed Bernborough Handicap (1600m).
The Cambridge farm’s colours have also been carried to victory in recent times in Brisbane by the Ciaron Maher-prepared Zoustar mare Silver Wedding and Tony and Calvin McEvoy’s Exceed And Excel filly Excenia.
Seven-time winner War Eternal is a son of the well-related Fastnet Rock mare Aleria, who was purchased on the stud’s behalf by bloodstock agent John Foote for A$200,000 at the Inglis Sydney Easter Yearling Sale.
She is out of the Rubiton mare Impressive Eagle, a dual stakes winner and top-flight performer whose half-brother Eagle Way won the Gr.1 Queensland Derby (2400m).
“She is a classic example of what Brendan and Jo (Lindsay) have been doing for the last 10 plus years, buying well-bred fillies to later come into the broodmare band,” Cambridge Stud sales and nominations manager Scott Calder said.
It has also continued a long and successful association the Lindsays have enjoyed with the Queensland-based Foote.
“Prior to Cambridge Stud, John represented them at the sales and bought a lot of fillies and War Eternal was born in 2018 and the first group of foals born here under Brendan and Jo’s ownership,” Calder said.
The seven-year-old War Eternal is Aleria’s first foal and had previously placed three times at stakes level and finished fourth in the G1 Randwick Guineas.
